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I have been waiting like many of us here for HD Blu-ray to come out. And now we have to wait again for Blu-ray players for some stupid reason. I know Samsungs model is now available but I am not interested in a Samsung. And to my knowledge it does not do 1080p so there is another reason not to go Samsung.

I was wondering if anyone knows what the major differences is between the Sony and Pioneer Elite players are? Besides the Pioneer costing an extra $500 more than the Sony. If the Pioneer is going to be a better HD player than the Sony I will not have a problem paying the extra cost. If it is basically the same player as the Sony I would rather save the $500 and buy the Sony.

This new postponement of the Blu-ray release is getting old and is trying my patients.

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What do you mean it doesn't do 1080P? To answer your other questions, since the Pioneer got pushed back to September and the Sony to the middle of August, who really knows what the specs. are going to be until they allow them to be published for the general public.

True, but I believe that there is an intermediate 1080i step inside the player that renders the Samsung player equivalent to connecting a 1080i output player to an external deinterlacer. This is what I thought Dave might be referring to, but you know what they say about asumptions. Nevermind.

- Walter.

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

Supporter

I don't own that machine so I am going on hearsay only. I would love to know if the Samsung displays a true 1080p or if it doesn't ? I am waiting for other blu-ray players to be available. I just cant get myself to want to buy a Samsung even though its a blu-ray. I guess the disc's are now available so I look foward to a review from you Robert.

Supporter

All I can say is the Sony rollout for there own player better happen before the end of the year. If there is no Sony Blu-ray player by that time I will be buying a HD-DVD player and the movies to go with it. HD-DVD has a very good picture and good sound so I have no problem switching to HD-DVD. I still feel that Blu-ray offers more and brings more to the table. But I feel that waiting to the end of the year is giving Sony plenty of chances to get there act together.

I really did want a Blu-ray player, Sony needs to get there act together.